History Main / TherapyIsForTheWeak

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': There are at least two therapists in the fleet, but only Bulldog and Hera are sent to see them. Starbuck declines therapy, saying that those doctors [[PsychoPsychologist are more messed up than their patients]].

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13473286/1/Gaz-Taster-of-PTSD Gaz, Taster of PTSD]]'': [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]] refuses to talk to anyone about her lingering psychological issues from the time she was cursed to only taste pork (and was subsequently locked up in a lab as a media freak), because she doesn't want to be labeled as crazy. This causes her to have repeated nightmares as her trauma manifests, until she has a total breakdown.

* ''Series/ReadyOrNot'': The Ramone family begrudgingly agrees to attend family therapy sessions as part of an agreement with Lucy Ramone, who has returned home after some time living on her own. Despite being unenthusiastic during the sessions, the family later has a EpiphanyTherapy.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'', Maggie suggests to Kate that recent events (i.e. Gotham being attacked by mythical creatures), coupled with the lingering effects of seeing her mother killed as a child, have caused her to develop (or at least start manifesting symptoms of) PTSD, making her slip up and make dumb mistakes while out crimefighting. Kate is very resistant to seeing a psychiatrist at first but ends up making some significant progress through her issues after a few sessions.
* Fred Perry's ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has therapists, or more technically, 'balance councilors,' for helping mages and other magical beings with their problems. The Queen of Dragons T'mat, however, will have no part of them, not even for ''centuries'' after the most traumatic experience of her life (that, among other things, caused her to lose a hand, and this is among the least of the scars it left). Eventually, her daughter has to go to significant lengths to get help, and deposing her is discussed.

* In the end, the villain that caused the Sanctuary massacre in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' plays with this: [[spoiler:Wally West was sent to get therapy because of his family becoming RetGone as a result of the events of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''/the "New 52" reboot, but the "therapy" he got from the Sanctuary AI did much more harm than good. Believing that his own personal weaknesses were the reason his therapy was going so slowly and that other heroes couldn't be this screwed up, he rebuilt the video confessional files of Sanctuary... and after seeing the ''many'' awful secrets and dark backstories of all of his fellow heroes, Wally didn't get a "YouAreNotAlone" inspiration, but rather a massive FreakOut that caused his powers to go out of control and ''kill everybody who was in Sanctuary accidentally''. The whole mystery of the arc is the result of Wally trying to cover his tracks at such a colossal FUBAR and eventually being DrivenToSuicide over it.]]

* ''ComicBook/XFactor'': Doc Samson is a psychologist, and the team members pretty much sneer at seeing him ... but they eventually come around.

** Even now, the military has a rather...interesting relationship with therapy. On the one hand, modern armies are much better at screening out the mentally unfit and helping soldiers who've been through traumatic experiences. On the other hand, there's still a prevailing attitude of hostility towards the mental health profession, especially among the combat arms troops. The fact that visiting a shrink or taking anti-depressants is a good way to get one's security clearance called into question -- not to mention being accused of gayness by one's fellow troops -- doesn't help matters.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E25TheSoundOfHerVoice The Sound of Her Voice]]", Miles O'Brien is speaking to a starship captain about a range of subjects, and when he gets to the area of ships counselors explains that he does not see a need for them. She agrees, and they speak about how you can deal with these issues by talking to friends and loved ones.... except for the things that you cannot talk to your friends and loved ones about, and Miles laughs as he realizes that he has been led back to saying that the only people you can talk about these things with is a ship's counselor. This is apparently a recurring theme in Miles' life, as when a ship's counselor joins the cast in season 7, Miles O'Brien states his distaste for the profession to Julian Bashir. Their conversation starts as a Therapy Is for the Weak discussion, but eventually implies that Miles has nothing against therapy, he just feels that it should be done naturally and with loved ones, and not a disconnected professional. In other words, he hates therapists, but not therapy.

* Will from ''Film/GoodWillHunting'' is forced to see a therapist as part of a deal allowing him to forgo jail time for an assault. A troubled genius, Will treats the first few therapists he meets with contempt, but eventually begins to open up once Sean Maguire pushes back against his attitude.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged'': This series is the TropeNamer:
--> ''"Therapy is for the weak!"''

* A problem among Americans in general. Americans have the legal right to possess firearms -- unless diagnosed with certain mental illnesses (depending on the state). This is the reason Republicans support bills sometimes accused of "giving guns to the mentally ill" -- it's for the purpose of averting this trope, so that gun owners can address mental health issues they may have without having their firearms stripped from them.

* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8569799/1/The-Iron-Mask The Iron Mask]]'', Plastic Man refuses to help out of a fear of not being [[CassandraTruth believed.]] It isn't because AllTherapistsAreMuggles, though.

* ''Series/{{The Night Shift}}'': Averted in season two. After starting therapy [[spoiler: for his PTSD, TC]] brings up how great therapy is on multiple occasions.

* In early Music/{{Eminem}} songs and appearances, Eminem brags about how he doesn't need therapy because his violent, SelfDeprecation-heavy, MuseAbuse-filled raps do it for him (in "Kill You", a song about murdering and raping his own mother as well as women in general, he raps at the end, "''Know why I say these things? 'Cause ladies' screams keep creepin' in Shady's dreams, and I don't see why I have to pay these therapists [=80 Gs=] a week to say the same things [[PainfulRhyme tweece]]...''"). However, this is [[KayfabeMusic part of kayfabe]]; he ''has'' in fact had talk therapy (some of it mandated by the court after his assault charge; most of it by choice) and found it helpful. He points this out in "Stan", where, after receiving increasingly unhinged letters from his LoonyFan [[ActorRoleConfusion convinced that Eminem is serious about everything he says]], Marshall writes back a letter recommending Stan get therapy ("''to help keep your ass from bouncin' off the walls when you get down some''").

* [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-ling/societal-views-on-mental-_b_9488896.html This is a common attitude for people living in Asia]], where those who seek professional psychological treatment are perceived as weak and thus are stigmatized. [[http://www.psychedinsanfrancisco.com/youre-not-white-reasons-black-people-dont-go-therapy/ The same thing applies to Black communities, as well]]. They like to associate mental health issues with races, and like to view people who go to therapy as "crazy."

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'': There are at least two therapists in the fleet, but only Bulldog and Hera are sent to see them. Starbuck declines therapy, saying that those doctors [[PsychoPsychologist are more messed up than their patients]].

* ''Series/{{Star Trek Deep Space Nine}}'': In "The Sound of Her Voice", Miles O'Brien was speaking to a starship captain about a range of subjects, and when he got to the area of ships counselors explained that he did not see a need for them. She agreed, and they spoke about how you can deal with these issues by talking to friends and loved ones....except for the things that you cannot talk to your friends and loved ones about, and Miles laughed as he realized that he had been lead back to saying that the only people you can talk about these things with is a ship's counselor. This is apparently a recurring theme in Miles' life, as when a ship's counselor joined the cast in season 7, Miles O'Brien stated his distaste for the profession to Julian Bashir. Their conversation started as a TherapyIsForTheWeak discussion, but eventually implied that Miles had nothing against therapy, he just felt it should be done naturally and with loved ones, and not a disconnected professional. In other words, he hates therapists, but not therapy.

* In the short film ''WesternAnimation/AnimalBehaviour'', Victor the gorilla thinks therapy is a waste of time and mocks all the other patients. It's not until [[spoiler:he thinks [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he made Dr. Clement jump out a window]]]] that he realizes he needs help with his anger management issues.